We knew almost nothing about the “black box” of life, the initial moment of fertilization: that is over

In biology, human development, from the fertilization of an egg to the formation of the complete baby, has a large area called ‘black box’because we don’t know what happens there. We have a lot of data about what happens in the first days after fertilization and also during the last months thanks to ultrasounds. Worse, … Read more

We already have the missing ingredient to explain the origin of life

What the mission OSIRIS-REx brought back to Earth in his capsule after being perched on the asteroid Bennu It could be very enriching, but the truth is that it has exceeded all our expectations. And in the past we have already been surprised to find water or carbon in space, but now NASA has confirmed … Read more

Historians have been trying to understand Hitler for decades. DNA just gave us a clue about your sex life

“We didn’t know what we were going to find. It could have been the most boring genome on the planet, but it turned out amazing.” As if the promise of new (and morbid) revelations about Hitler weren’t enough to grab the world’s attention, that phrase of Turi Emma Kinga famous geneticist, has helped the documentary … Read more

Some say Mercury retrograde ruins their life, but the planet didn’t even move from its spot.

Mercury retrograde season returns. From November 9 to 20, 2025, many people around the world – and especially on social networks– They will blame this curious planetary phenomenon for the argument they have had with their partner, the breakage of their refrigerator or the failure in an exam. But the question we must ask ourselves … Read more

The Star Destroyer is the terror of Star Wars. But as one fan has calculated, building it in real life wouldn’t be cheap.

‘Star Wars’ is full of iconic ships. From the Millennium Falcon and its Kessel Corridor in just 12 parsecs to silhouettes identifiable at a glance such as the X-Wing or the TIE Fighter. We associate ‘Star Wars‘ with frenetic combats in space, but we also have iconic mastodons, authentic galactic monsters like the unmistakable Imperial … Read more

Mining waste is changing life in the depths of the Pacific

More than a thousand meters below the Pacific, a turbid cloud slowly disperses. It is not pollution visible from the surface, but it could transform the ocean from its foundations. That cloud—a mix of sediment, metals, and mining waste—is the byproduct of a new global fever: the race for minerals from the seabed. A recent … Read more

life should not exist

It is the fundamental question: how did it all begin? How, on a young, chaotic, geologically active planet, does a handful of inert chemistry became the first living cell? What we know is that the protocell, called LUCAstarted life and Darwinian evolution did the rest, taking us to the present day. But there are still … Read more

Someone has answered the question “how would Mario Kart be in real life.” And the result is hilarious, of course

A frantic race with futuristic vehicles in natural environments, while ‘Firestarter’ of Prodigy sounds. The cars turn in the most closed curves, pass over demolished drivers, fall into a vacuum, everything is meticulously recorded in the dozens of cameras that accompany the players. It looks like a new version of ‘The death race of the … Read more

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